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by Jane Green (Author) "I was never supposed to be single at thirty years old ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 297 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd (26 Aug 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749324392
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749324391
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 11.7 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 535,341 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Tasha, the anti-heroine of Jane Green's Straight Talking, is sassy, sexy and out for all she can get, or so she would have you believe. Straight Talking aims its arrows of truth directly at you, as its narrator, Tasha, openly discusses issues as if you were part of the world on the page and could answer back. The book is a no-holds-barred, frank take on sex, friendship and relationships for the single thirtysomething. A ladette in her 20s, sleeping around happily with a series of men, Tasha begins to retrench in her 30s and it becomes all-out open warfare to capture a man.

Will she fall for the suave, arrogant Andrew, who has females falling at his feet? Or will she fall back into a relationship with her treacherous ex-boyfriend, Simon? Or will she come to lean on nice, but not terribly sexy, Adam? Green's/Tasha's style is irreverent and self-deprecating as she points the finger at the clichés of singledom: "Of course I have cats. What self-respecting single career woman of 30 who's secretly desperately longing to give it all up for the tall, rich stranger of her dreams doesn't have cats?" She has a keen eye and a cutting tongue, which sustains the action and pace of this sharply observed and witty first novel. --Nicola Perry



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Are you Tasha - 30, single, and still searching? Are you any of her three friends - Andy, hooked on passion; Mel, stuck in a steady relationship with a bastard; or Emma, endlessly waiting for her other half to propose? Follow Tasha and her friends on their odyssey to find fulfilment and love.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Straight Talking - - Jane Green, 1 Feb 2005
This review is from: Straight Talking (Paperback)
Ahh this book was awesome!!! This was the third book I read by Jane Green and I have to say Jane Green continues to impress me with her novel stories. This is the kind of book that you seriously don't want to put down. There is always something going on in the book where you find yourself dieing to know what happens next... never ever a dull moment in this novel. There wasn't a slow start-it was real easy to get into. What I loved about Straight Talking was that the main character; Tasha is very easy to relate to especially when your single and dating, you find yourself saying,"I'm just like her!" or "I would have done the same thing!" and another great thing is that if you can't seem to relate to Tasha she has 3 bestfriends that you are sure to relate to one of them. This book kept me laughing and gasping and I definitly recommend it!!!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Straight but not Great, 3 Oct 2001
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I have mixed feelings about this book. Granted in 'Straight Talk' the gangs all here! All the 30-something themes are in (and Ms Green more or less gets it spot on), all the situations we've been in a thousand times, all chats, all the crushes, all the horribly embarassing moments when you step outside of yourself and see how ridiculous this 'love thang' really is. On that level, even though the Brigette Jonesy\Harry and Sally\biological clock is ticking so damn loud I can't hear myself think thing, has been done to death, it's a good and clever book. The problem for me was that I didn't find the central character very endearing. Cert, Tash, our heroine is a girl's girl, a loyal friend, in short one of 'us'. And sure, she's not so impossibly beautiful you'd have to kick her teeth in if you ever met her, and yes, I understand that by writing in the first person, we get to see her personal struggles and hear her pleas for understanding, but she is so hard and obtuse that it makes for a frustrating read. Dispite the sessions on the pychiatrist's couch I still ended up baffled by her behaviour and found it implausible that her Doctor thanked Tasha for teaching her so much as she made her personal journey to self revalation (yawn yawn).
Also, dispite the fact that we had had a guy that was not only unbearably sexy, intelligent, sensive but loved her without limit, it wasn't a very'romantic' read -nor was it as amusing as Jemima J. I found the morals questionable and depressing (not just the bed hopping, but the using the abusing and the general sleaziness of it all), and if it was more realistic and thoughtful than say Jemima J, it was shorter on laughs and totally drained of optimism. Ultimately I found the heroine irritating and unsympathetic.. This is not a bad book, and the fact that it's written in the first person but was still a good read pays homage to Ms Greens talent, but clever isn't enough, it didn't go 'straight to the heart' so I don't think I'll try any more of Greens books for the moment. Good but not great.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars This book is a BORE, 9 Feb 2001
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I read Jemima J and I found it great: witty, entertaining, fun. So I decided to buy all of Jane Green's books. I started reading Straight talking and WHAT A BORE!!! Dull as it can be. I forced myself to finish it, but I really felt disappointed.
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1.0 out of 5 stars boring
I like Jane Green books in general and yet i found this one showed how she has improved writing since she wrote this years ago. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Thinker

1.0 out of 5 stars Too much information for me
If lurid detail of the sex life of a sex mad, narcissic central character is your sort of thing, read this book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by bagmad

5.0 out of 5 stars very easy to read and very believable
This was my first Jane Green novel and from then on I was a fan.
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Published 2 months ago by Cherry Pie

1.0 out of 5 stars Really rotten
In a nutshell the book is about a self absorbed tramp. I can't believe that her cat would bother to stay with her much less any man with half a brain.
Published 6 months ago by M

1.0 out of 5 stars Depressing
I can't believe that so many women can relate to Tasha the main character. I found her lifestyle totally depressing and couldn't believe she would go to bed with a man just... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lauren

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book....
i got this book free from a magazine, and i wasnt disappointed, its an amazing book..... its one of the books that defiently makes you laugh out loud and dont want to put down... Read more
Published 16 months ago by S. Hauxwell

5.0 out of 5 stars superb
i thoroughly enjoyed this book,and although Tasha on many occasions thought the reader would be against her,i felt the opposite.A real strong character ! Read more
Published on 29 Jul 2006 by A. Carr

4.0 out of 5 stars To all Jane Green Fans...
I'd read 'MR. MAYBE', 'JAMIMA J.' and 'BOOKENDS' (my personal favorite) all of which I absolutely adored, so once my new favorite authors first book 'STRAIGHT TALKING' was... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2005 by DevJohn01

5.0 out of 5 stars Straight Talking - Jane Green
Ohhh what a fantastic book, probably the best book ever written, if you are wanting to laugh & recall those memories & thoughts of laughter you'd lost in the divorce courts!!!! Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2004 by topcat3399

5.0 out of 5 stars How true is this book?
If you are female, single and nearing 30 - just go buy the book, its fantastic. Its so true of many women in this situation today. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2004 by Book Worm

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